Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry have been elected co-leaders of the Green Party.

The pair, who won with 74 per cent of the votes, outlined plans to make the Greens the “third political party in Britain” – outranking the Liberal Democrats, Ukip and the Scottish National Party.

Contenders Shahrar Ali and Leslie Rowe received 1,466 and 495 of more than 8,000 votes. New deputy leader Womack won with 3,981 of 7,369 total votes cast.

The co-leaders said their party will stand as “the opposite of vapid, old school centrist politics”.

Bartley said: “We are more determined than ever to take the party to the next level. We want to take the Green Party on a course to become the third political party in Britain…

“But the Green Party knows politics isn’t confined to council chambers or the halls of Westminster. When faced with the environmental destruction of fracking or the spiralling costs of HS2, or the inhumanity of indefinite detention and forced removals of refugees and migrants, we are not afraid to join protestors putting their bodies on the line for what is right.”

Berry added: “With Brexit on the horizon and our planet burning, the last thing people need is the stale centrism of the past, which brought us austerity and privatisation – and totally failed to tackle climate breakdown or give people real security and quality of life.

“We will be championing a People’s Vote on Brexit, tackling climate breakdown, ensuring everyone has the right to a safe warm home, and fulfilling work that translates to more time off with our families, not more unemployment as automation grows.”

Bartley has led the opposition on Lambeth council since being elected a Streatham councillor in May this year.

Berry was elected Green London Assembly member in 2016, when she also came third in the London mayoral race. She has been a Camden councillor since 2014.

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